Yugi, realizing that he was the only one standing, decided to sit cross-legged beside Yami as he tried to think. At his suggestion, Yugi glanced over at his other with a helpless little smile; it was a nice attempt, but... "Then we'd skip out on everything she wants to know. I... guess I could be there, and that's why you're here. Mom likes acts of kindness."

Yugi cupped his own chin, mirroring the movements of his grandfather as he threw out another suggestion. "An earthquake? No, we would've felt it too... Some kind of rescue that went wrong?"